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Hannibal Barca is widely considered to have been one of the greatest military commanders of all time. In the second Punic war, he marched an army of elephants, cavalry, and infantry over the Alps to assault Rome in their home territory, his most famous achievement, and fought a war that soaked Italy in blood for more than a decade. In the end, due to lack of support from Carthage, Hannibal was unable to take Rome itself, though he defeated many Roman armies, and he was forced to return to…

The Architectural Fantasy by Hubert Robert was painted during a period of time in France that was very pivotal. Painted within 20 years of the fall of the French monarchy during the rise of Napoleon, Architectural Fantasy reflects the former works of Hubert Robert while also depicting a slight change in subject matter. Although the painting is of a building, it evokes qualities of a landscape painting with its broad views. Romantic paintings from this era were defined by their use of light and…

the way. The problem is that for all the support the country has received, it still hasn’t made much progress in improving its own fortunes. That is until now, as cash-strapped Greece has made moves to add online gambling revenue to the country’s coffers. Greece’s…

King Leopold’s Ghost The world has been affected multiple times by a number of different holocausts. In King Leopold’s Ghost: A story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa by Adam Hochschild a holocaust becomes very prominent to a lot of people. This book begins in 1897 when Edmund Dene Morel witnessed the trade of slave labor for goods, like rubber and ivory, between the Free Congo State and Europe. This led Morel to start the first great international rights movement of the…

Golden Horde’s system of trade enriched merchants within and beyond Russia. Furthermore, the Orthodox Church found its assets similarly enhanced by its tax-exempt status under the Mongols. The steady flow of goods and currency served to swell the coffers of the Tatars and their subjects, but more importantly, it placated the populace. In conjunction with the shrewd placement of their limited bureaucracy along the trade rivers of Russia, the Mongols ensured efficiency and compliance. While this…

Henry VII of England Born: 28th January 1457, Penbroke Castle, Wales. Parents: Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond. Siblings: - Married: Elizabeth of York, died 1503 Children: Arthur, Margaret, Henry VIII, Elizabeth Tudor, Mary, Edmund, Kathrine. Died: 21st April 1509, Richmond Palace. Buried 11th May 1509 in Westminster Abbey. Brief Summary (Write a brief summary of there life. Highlight the key areas of their life) Henry was born on 28th January…

Beowulf is the largest and most complex epic composed in the history of English literature. The epic is written around a protagonist named Beowulf who was the mightiest man on earth. Since Beowulf was the strongest and most powerful man around, he was called upon to fight in three major battles. The major battles that Beowulf fought in were with two monsters and one fierce dragon at the very end of the epic. The battles that Beowulf fought in made him a heroic character that would be remembered…

I flip back to where I started and I hand Helen the parson's diary. She sits down next to me to read and I become very aware of her presence. It feels as though my little corner of Cold Book Storage just got a bit warmer. I steal a sideways glance at her under the guise of pointing out a good place for her to start. I lean closer, then I move back. Probably safer for me if she wasn’t sitting here, but I don't dare ask her to get up and sit somewhere else. I'm aware of her next to me,…

Introduction Fungai Chopo, a Zimbabwean builder, and his family fled from more attacks after a mob of native Durbanites (South Africa’s third biggest cities) busted their house and threatened to kill his wife and children. When Guardian journalists ask Chopo and his wife Memory about their next plans, Memory responded that “[we] came to South Africa for a better life and [we] worked for everything, but we are going home empty-handed, without funds, without passports, without the kids’ birth…

People who are involved in espionage usually must remain unknown during their lifetimes. Achieving anonymity even in history is especially true of African American spies and particularly of women spies. When people think of a civil war spy, they imagine a male. Nevertheless, women played a huge role and were perfect because they were easily trusted and viewed as a non-threat. African Americans were also great spies because they had direct access to conversation as they were serving and cooking…